Name
Haruo Tanaka
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1912-03-25
Deathday
1992-03-21 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Biography
Haruo Tanaka ( March 25 , 1912 – February 21, 1992 ) was a Japanese film actor noted for his supporting roles in a career that spanned seven decades.
After the war, he appeared in films for Toho and Shintoho , but gradually he began to demonstrate his unique personality and became active as a character actor, appearing in works by many of the great directors who have shaped the history of Japanese cinema, including Akira Kurosawa , Yasujiro Ozu , Kenji Mizoguchi , and Shiro Toyoda. He died of lung cancer on February 21 , 1992 , at the age of 79.
Known For
Tokyo Twilight
(160 Votes)
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Two sisters learn about the existence of their long-lost biological mother, but the younge...
Relase Date : 30 Apr, 1957
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Chikamatsu Monogatari
(158 Votes)
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When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair w...
Relase Date : 23 Nov, 1954
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Twin Sisters of Kyoto
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In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she ...
Relase Date : 13 Jan, 1963
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The Lower Depths
(145 Votes)
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Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man...
Relase Date : 1 Oct, 1957
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Good Morning
(329 Votes)
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Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. ...
Relase Date : 12 May, 1959
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Early Spring
(99 Votes)
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A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relations...
Relase Date : 29 Jan, 1956
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A Story of Floating Weeds
(66 Votes)
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An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover ...
Relase Date : 23 Nov, 1934
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Floating Weeds
(206 Votes)
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A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of une...
Relase Date : 17 Nov, 1959
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1952 Ikiru as Sakai
- 1946 An Enemy of the People
- 1926 The Passion of a Woman Teacher
- 1964 Blind Monk Swordsman
- 1956 Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Kumagoro the horse thief
- 1957 The Lower Depths as Tatsu
- 1958 The Undefeated Woman
- 1950 The Burning Prison
- 1958 Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
- 1968 Rogue
- 1959 Good Morning as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
- 1948 The Beauty of the Evening Sky
- 1954 Chikamatsu Monogatari as Gifuya Dôki
- 1984 The Funeral as Old Man
- 1962 Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
- 1946 No Regrets for Our Youth as Student
- 1952 お洒落狂女 as Gondao Shimizu
- 1952 Farewell to Spring as Sakuzô Furuya
- 1947 The Devil of Edo
- 1950 Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog as Mekkachi no Katsugorô
- 1954 The Woman in the Rumor as Kawamoto
- 1953 Mole Alley
- 1950 Heat and Mud
- 1959 Floating Weeds as Yatazo
- 1954 Yakuza bayashi
- 1957 Ôban as Noodle Shop Owner
- 1966 Women Doing Time
- 1963 Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
- 1962 The Body
- 1952 Divorce as Fumio Sôma
- 1955 Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
- 1962 Ottamage ningyo monogatari
- 1958 Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
- 1958 Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
- 1937 The Straits of Love and Hate as Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
- 1962 Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
- 1968 Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
- 1963 Ara kure kōya
- 1957 Last Days of the Samurai
- 1962 Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
- 1947 A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
- 1968 Duel in the Storm
- 1945 Kanchō umi no bara
- 1958 A Boy and Three Mothers as Mochizuki
- 1963 Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge as Daihachi
- 1956 Sisters of Gion
- 1947 Once More
- 1949 Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
- 1966 Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
- 1964 The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
- 1963 The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
- 1965 The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
- 1949 Enoken’s Boxing Generation
- 1957 Hadaka no Machi
- 1945 I Believe I Am Being Followed
- 1948 The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow as Kitao Omachi
- 1960 Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
- 1961 Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
- 1969 Inferno of Torture as Samejima
- 1958 Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness as Daizaburô Tani
- 1951 Repast
- 1951 Ginza Cosmetics as Gonroku Shirai
- 1956 A Wife's Heart
- 1954 An Inn at Osaka
- 1953 Where Chimneys Are Seen as Chuji Tsukahara
- 1949 Mr. Shosuke Ohara as Seizô Kon'no
- 1948 A Flower Blooms
- 1954 Daikichi Konomura as Jinbei Yokoii
- 1965 The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
- 1950 Beyond the Hills
- 1950 Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
- 1952 Dimple of Tokyo as Take-san
- 1955 紋三郎の秀
- 1953 親馬鹿花合戦
- 1950 Amakara chindōchū
- 1956 The Ghosts of Yotsuya as Naosuke
- 1958 Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki as Company commander Yamane
- 1956 The Legend of the White Serpent as Li Gong Fu
- 1955 Shimazu no sanshita yakko
- 1957 Geisha in the Old City as Yasukichi
- 1950 Enoken the Hero as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 1959 The Big Boss
- 1948 365 Nights as Saburo Anekoji
- 1953 珍説忠臣蔵
- 1945 A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo as Seijiro
- 1968 The Man Without a Map
- 1955 Nonki saiban
- 1958 Mermaids and Sea Robbers as Proprietor of the Miharashitei
- 1945 Duel at Yagyu Valley as Fukigawa Genjiro
- 1956 Shozo, a Cat and Two Women as Hagimura
- 1960 Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
- 1964 A Story from Echigo
- 1962 The Ambitious Youth as Tanaka
- 1961 Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
- 1959 The Edo Official and Apprentice
- 1948 Enoken's Home Run King
- 1954 Ghost Man as Yosuke Kikuchi
- 1942 Bouquet of the South Seas as Ishikawa, pilot
- 1955 Marital Relations
- 1942 Omokage no machi
- 1949 Akireta musumetachi
- 1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki
- 1957 Snow Country as Porter
- 1964 Revenge as Shiraki Jinzaemon
- 1981 Flames of Blood
- 1959 Samurai Saga as (uncredited)
- 1934 The Elegant Swordsman
- 1971 New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
- 1951 Tsuki yori no haha as Goro Aoyama
- 1960 Heavenly Dragon as Yumatsu
- 1961 Bride of White Castle
- 1962 Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
- 1959 Gentle Breeze
- 1965 Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
- 1963 Tattoo of Love
- 1962 Drunken Sword
- 1971 Patience Has An End
- 1970 Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
- 1944 The Dawn of Freedom as Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
- 1960 Unwieldy Brothers
- 1962 Good Rascals as Kinjiro Takeuchi
- 1950 Snow-Flake as Okubatake
- 1969 Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
- 1959 Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
- 1966 Seven Fugitives
- 1953 Merciless Blade Part 3
- 1953 Merciless Blade Part 2
- 1969 Trapped, the Crimson Bat as Iwakichi
- 1973 Japan's Top Gangster
- 1963 The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
- 1945 Three Women of the North
- 1970 Midnight Virgin
- 1957 Dancing Girl as Tamura
- 1961 A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
- 1964 Samurai from Somewhere
- 1962 Tales of President Mito as Hikosaburo Okubo
- 1960 Morning Breeze in Edo as Otoboke Senta
- 1969 Samurai Geisha
- 1952 A Ripple in a Morning as Ito
- 1943 音楽大進軍 as Publicist Semi
- 1960 Scarier than the Devil
- 1959 Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
- 1957 Downtown
- 1954 Jirocho's New Year
- 1952 Jirocho Rises in Fame
- 1953 Jirocho, the Hunted
- 1953 Her Captive Gamblers
- 1953 Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
- 1953 Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
- 1953 Jirocho's Home-Coming
- 1954 Last of the Wild Ones
- 1954 Jirocho in Disgrace
- 1962 A Revengeful Raid
- 1957 Tokyo Twilight as Komatsu's Customer
- 1972 Wandering Ginza Butterfly
- 1959 Echo in the Mountains as Yadashi Ukontaro
- 1957 Untamed Woman as Fusayoshi
- 1958 The Rickshaw Man
- 1957 Travel Romances
- 1953 A Geisha as Ogawa
- 1961 The Shogun and the Fishmonger
- 1963 Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
- 1950 Escape at Dawn as Noro
- 1966 By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him as Minegishi
- 1964 Gamblers and Racketeers
- 1965 The Domain: The Naniwa Story
- 1961 Restoration Fire as Yasuzo
- 1960 Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
- 1956 Early Spring as Nomura
- 1964 Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office as Kichizo
- 1960 The Pirates
- 1964 Gambler as Jirokichi Hanazawa
- 1960 Samurai Vagabonds
- 1960 The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
- 1966 The Pornographers as Banteki
- 1975 The Surf
- 1964 A Laughable Journey
- 1960 Lord of Red Banner
- 1956 Rainy Night Duel as Joji the coolie procurer
- 1963 Twin Sisters of Kyoto as Uemura
- 1958 Police Precinct Part 8
- 1947 Invitation to Happiness
- 1951 Miki, the Swordman
- 1956 Children Seeking a Mother as Carpenter
- 1954 Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
- 1959 Happily Tied to the Road as Mishima
- 1960 Yakuza of Ina as Teruyoshi
- 1934 Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
- 1956 Street of Shame as Osaka Salesman
- 1950 Shojohou
- 1973 The Killing Game
- 1964 The Rabble
- 1945 Uta e! Taiyō
- 1953 Zoku Tange Sazen
- 1980 The Detective Journey
- 1966 The Protector
- 1958 Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
- 1974 The Assassination of Ryoma
- 1956 Settlement of Love
- 1961 Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
- 1953 Tange Sazen
- 1962 Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
- 1962 Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
- 1957 The Shadow Daughter as Morita
- 1961 An Edo Magistrate
- 1965 Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
- 1946 Hinoki Butai
- 1956 Eacape of Fear
- 1956 A Strong Wind Blows as Managing Director Tadokoro
- 1968 Kawachi fūten zoku
- 1966 Third Class Soldier Boss
- 1960 Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
- 1948 Fujisancho
- 1956 The Wicked Boy
- 1967 Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri as Shigeru Hanayama
- 1966 This Is Youth!
- 1966 Tenamonya Tôkaidô
- 1965 Escape and the Law
- 1949 Hills of a Foreign Country as Mitsuo
- 1946 Beauty
- 1948 365 Nights: Tokyo as Saburo Anenokoji
- 1956 In Case of One Woman as Kenkichi Yoshioka
- 1957 First Love Story as Tokuzo
- 1956 The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
- 1955 Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
- 1957 Turtledove
- 1954 My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
- 1951 Dorei no machi
- 1956 While the Demon Steps Out
- 1952 Avalanche
- 1956 A Man's Flower Path
- 1956 Funny Fellows
- 1957 The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
- 1964 Could I But Live as Tachibana
- 1954 Utsukushiki taka
- 1963 New Marital Relations
- 1966 Minamoto no Yoshitsune ( 52 episodes ) as Ise Yoshimori
- 1977 The Shingo Case Files ( 1 episode )
